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another viewer from great britain. roy says, i believe it is up to the people of a country to change a regime him and not to expect outsiders to fight their battles. from john in melbourne, pennsylvania. and from david, gatlinburg, tennessee -- next is don joining us from pennsylvania. caller: good morning. turkey has so many refugees. they seem to be handling it pretty well. what i'm worried about is, what about poor jordan? half a milliont refugees there. how much humanitarian aid are we giving them? you foranks to all of your calls and comments on this sunday morning. you can continue with your tweets. you can weigh in with our unscientific poll that is available at facebook.com/cspan. "newsmakers" coming up next. congress returns. ferrechio for the "washington exam or -- examine r," and manu raju. we continue our monday series as we partner with kaiser health news to talk about the affordable care act. mary agnes carey will be joining us. we will take a look at your money. $2 billion for job training at community c
another viewer from great britain. roy says, i believe it is up to the people of a country to change a regime him and not to expect outsiders to fight their battles. from john in melbourne, pennsylvania. and from david, gatlinburg, tennessee -- next is don joining us from pennsylvania. caller: good morning. turkey has so many refugees. they seem to be handling it pretty well. what i'm worried about is, what about poor jordan? half a milliont refugees there. how much humanitarian aid are we...
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stewart's joining us from great britain. good morning. i had to go back to what your current spokesman is saying about obama being in a box. i have been watching what is happening in british parliament all this week. do you think that obama is going into this expecting he's going to lose, and is getting himself on the hook that he doesn't want to be on? despite the complexity of everything you have been describing, this has become a simple political problem for obama, and his way of dealing with it is, if i go to the house i know i could not get them to agree because they -- against almost anything i want? guest: very good question. you could describe this as a win-win or win-draw for the president. to view a president's decision about foreign policy in the congress as just being a politician does not quite understand the nature of foreign policy or politics. all presidents are politicians. policy isl of foreign actually domestic politics. hesident obama has faced -- has faced a fractious congress for the entirety of his presidency, inclu
stewart's joining us from great britain. good morning. i had to go back to what your current spokesman is saying about obama being in a box. i have been watching what is happening in british parliament all this week. do you think that obama is going into this expecting he's going to lose, and is getting himself on the hook that he doesn't want to be on? despite the complexity of everything you have been describing, this has become a simple political problem for obama, and his way of dealing...
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what we have seen britain do give some support to ian's thesis. the: we are getting perspective of steve clemons of "the atlantic" magazine. we welcome your calls and comments. you can send us an e-mail or tweet. we were talking before the program began -- you spent a couple of years working with richard nixon, the last two years of his life. he was viewed by many as a foreign policy expert. how would he have reacted to all of this? know nixon,i got to bill clinton had become president of the united states, and yeltsin's government in russia is collapsing, and clinton reached out to nixon to get his counsel and advice, and nixon explained to clinton, as he had to the previous president bush, that it was important for the international community to reach out and symbolically support that effort. for all of the realism of richard nixon, he believed that you need to to get japan and others. i think that nixon today looking at the situation would be appalled by the debate in congress, i think he would've believed that the president needed to take acti
what we have seen britain do give some support to ian's thesis. the: we are getting perspective of steve clemons of "the atlantic" magazine. we welcome your calls and comments. you can send us an e-mail or tweet. we were talking before the program began -- you spent a couple of years working with richard nixon, the last two years of his life. he was viewed by many as a foreign policy expert. how would he have reacted to all of this? know nixon,i got to bill clinton had become...
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--m "the washington post" host: reuters reporting earlier this morning that france and britain and the united states in these meetings in paris today have agreed on setting firmer date to the deal that the u.s. and russia brokered on saturday. this from cbs news -- if a person for the un's secretary- general council said sunday they that she received the former that formal instrument of instruction of the convention from syria on saturday and said syria's membership will enter into force on october 14, 2013. a member, they are not a member right now. -- remember, they are not a member right now. negotiations will now turn to ambassadors and they agreed to have a use of force trigger in the un's resolution but he will -- it does not have one, but he will seek one if syrian president bashar al-assad does not follow through. ermine ham, alabama. hi, gilbert. what is the economy like for you? caller: let me thank c-span. to me right now, the economy is sort of so, as old people say. i have to bank college educated children who have graduated the last five or seven years and they have not f
--m "the washington post" host: reuters reporting earlier this morning that france and britain and the united states in these meetings in paris today have agreed on setting firmer date to the deal that the u.s. and russia brokered on saturday. this from cbs news -- if a person for the un's secretary- general council said sunday they that she received the former that formal instrument of instruction of the convention from syria on saturday and said syria's membership will enter into...
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i have seen on their news, a young man from great britain in , he has cancer. he had a drug that he was getting that was working for his body. he was eventually denied that drug because they said the value because there is no guarantee that he is going to live. there is no guarantee any of us are going to live. we could go tomorrow and get hit by a bus. we count on our health care to take care of us in these -- when these things happen. not on some bean counter telling us that our life is not worth the cost of the drug. guest: the good news for canadians is that when they come to the united states to get a service, the health -- the canadian health care system pays for it. it is not because they are flooding across the border that the health care system says you need this, you need it right now. we are going to send you to the united states and we are going to pay for it. i also want to say, there are people -- you say you do not want to wait in line. it are people that wait in line right now for their health care. try and get an appointment. i tried to get an
i have seen on their news, a young man from great britain in , he has cancer. he had a drug that he was getting that was working for his body. he was eventually denied that drug because they said the value because there is no guarantee that he is going to live. there is no guarantee any of us are going to live. we could go tomorrow and get hit by a bus. we count on our health care to take care of us in these -- when these things happen. not on some bean counter telling us that our life is not...
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million to great britain. $200 million. it's early, 12 point 75 million. how that going to fix our bridges? where are you getting your figures? off the joe biden recovery thing. look at it and you will see. foreign aid? guest: we are talking about stimulus and this is probably money being invested back-in the community and that's what creates jobs. i understand the concern because i'm on the veterans committee. taking care of our veterans is not a partisan issue. trouble providing benefits for veterans from iraq and afghanistan and vietnam. need to address that issue. we need to take care of the folks here in the united states. host: what is your sense of how things will move forward on the budget? guest: it's going to be interesting. we will see how that plays out as the cr and the debt ceiling. have we backed ourselves into a corner? interesting to see what actually is put on the table. how does the aspect of obamacare -- it is behind schedule and not ready for prime time and how does it fit in? host: is it frustrating that the house passed some of the s
million to great britain. $200 million. it's early, 12 point 75 million. how that going to fix our bridges? where are you getting your figures? off the joe biden recovery thing. look at it and you will see. foreign aid? guest: we are talking about stimulus and this is probably money being invested back-in the community and that's what creates jobs. i understand the concern because i'm on the veterans committee. taking care of our veterans is not a partisan issue. trouble providing benefits for...
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on the other side, we know the united states, britain, and france have long said the assad regime was responsible, and i think that has not changed at all. because the investigation did not name the perpetrators. host: we have a picture here of ban ki-moon, u.n. secretary- general, who spoke to news media yesterday after briefing the un security council on that report. some strong language that he used in that speech. tell us a little bit about what he said. guest: interestingly, ban ki- moon has become very emotional about this attack, and he has been for the last several weeks. he said for sure that war crimes had taken place. but he didn't come out and blame .he assad regime he said those who committed this heinous crime have to be held accountable. there has been no smoking gun. so, even the secretary-general could not come out and say it was assad. he had set a couple of days ago adat aside had kurt -- ass committed war crimes but did not say in the context of this attack. host: what comes next with the report, where does it go from here? guest: in new york, diplomats, the securi
on the other side, we know the united states, britain, and france have long said the assad regime was responsible, and i think that has not changed at all. because the investigation did not name the perpetrators. host: we have a picture here of ban ki-moon, u.n. secretary- general, who spoke to news media yesterday after briefing the un security council on that report. some strong language that he used in that speech. tell us a little bit about what he said. guest: interestingly, ban ki- moon...
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it was a nerve agent discovered in world war ii brought back to britain. it was developedn brain, and spots to america and as it stands, the stockpiles america was supposed to have gotten rid of over a decade ago are still here. where everybody is now talking an information age over the media, absolutely it is an information age, morning -- more correctly, it is a misinformation age. legislatorsed that are not having teams go out and do research on their own rather than relying on what has been passed around in briefings. i've been around congress in a deck -- four a decade. the history of nerve gas started with the n agent, the v agent and tomorrow will be the z agent. it all starts with a patent. these things did not pop out of the forest one day. legislated and approved these chemicals being developed. the x started as a fertilizer. host: who do you write for? g -- caller: i am independent. i write on my own. plus word pieces. guest: if you have some information, feel free to send it to my office. i read volumes of things from a variety of perspectives.
it was a nerve agent discovered in world war ii brought back to britain. it was developedn brain, and spots to america and as it stands, the stockpiles america was supposed to have gotten rid of over a decade ago are still here. where everybody is now talking an information age over the media, absolutely it is an information age, morning -- more correctly, it is a misinformation age. legislatorsed that are not having teams go out and do research on their own rather than relying on what has been...
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first, i like to say god bless the people of great britain who in their wisdom have rejected threats of violence against another country in the middle east. the important point here is, mr. obama and the warmongers like john mccain, deliberately making a misleading moral argument and here is why. it's deceptive. there are two sides to this civil war. no one including most of the media, except for c-span and others will mention the fact the other side that assad is fighting. these rebel al qaeda terrorists are killing, committing the moral atrocities of killing christian syrians, beheading syrian priests and also killing innocent men and women and children. are their lives less valuable than the lives those who are killed? i'm not condoning with chemical weapons. this is the crux. they are deceptively using a misleading argument by ignoring the other side of this civil war. syria has done nothing. it's no threat to america. guest: what is amazing about this issue the way it's breaking through the hyper polarization of politics. we had a republican call in said i think congress vote on
first, i like to say god bless the people of great britain who in their wisdom have rejected threats of violence against another country in the middle east. the important point here is, mr. obama and the warmongers like john mccain, deliberately making a misleading moral argument and here is why. it's deceptive. there are two sides to this civil war. no one including most of the media, except for c-span and others will mention the fact the other side that assad is fighting. these rebel al qaeda...
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caller: obama cannot get his buddy in britain to prove that assad used chemical weapons. certain thenot source of the british toliament's reluctance support a vote had to do with the overall principal that the united kingdom does not want to get committed into another war in the middle east. bay were one of the few countries that joined us in iraq in support and stayed with us through much of that time. they fought with us in afghanistan for over a decade. direction by parliament was along the lines that, we have done enough --the reaction by parliament was along the lines that, we have done enough. host: is it sometimes difficult to have allies in the sense of planning? guest: allies are indispensable but sometimes difficult to deal with. the only thing worse than fighting a war with allies is fighting against them. alliesof our traditional are stepping forward to help the united states. the british have opted out of that. president obama has taken the same approach and going to his legislature to get support. when cameron did that it failed. president obama has put hims
caller: obama cannot get his buddy in britain to prove that assad used chemical weapons. certain thenot source of the british toliament's reluctance support a vote had to do with the overall principal that the united kingdom does not want to get committed into another war in the middle east. bay were one of the few countries that joined us in iraq in support and stayed with us through much of that time. they fought with us in afghanistan for over a decade. direction by parliament was along the...
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well, you know, then who's to that wasn't se for it, maybe great britain will say hey, well, why don't we just join in the fight? why won't japan join in the fight, why won't israel join in the fight? russia is not the only one. china is not the only one. iraq is not the only one. yeah, you know, they have their concerns with the united states. but our allies have just as much in this. maybe they're not as -- they don't have their boots on. but the united states needs to, at least with our commander in chief, you have boots on. i'm proud to say he's my commander in chief. host: over the next few days, you'll see a snapshot of what's going on in the house and senate when it comes to possible votes on military strikes and syria and provided to us by "the hill" newspaper who has been taking a tally and kind of creating information to show to us you should know this doesn't represent every member of the house but information they gain on those they can rely on. as it stands today when it comes to a house vote on military strikes in syria, this is their projection, that in the yes or leanin
well, you know, then who's to that wasn't se for it, maybe great britain will say hey, well, why don't we just join in the fight? why won't japan join in the fight, why won't israel join in the fight? russia is not the only one. china is not the only one. iraq is not the only one. yeah, you know, they have their concerns with the united states. but our allies have just as much in this. maybe they're not as -- they don't have their boots on. but the united states needs to, at least with our...
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this taking place in great britain, with that in mind, this headline. abor eappeared fwault with our -- host: and the guardian newspaper has a new book out called "the end game" and the story between the rivalry between then prime minister tony blair and gordon brown, who served as the chancellor. and according to new documents released by the former number 10 aide showing hundreds of emails that show the full extent of what they call nasty politics fueled by rivalry. former prime ministers brown and blair. the phone lines are open on the issue of the president's health care law. our line for democrats, republicans and independents is pen. one other story we want to bring to your attention. the same firm that vetted snowden also vetted the stpt that was killed on monday, the shooter that took place at the val yard and says the person whoal conducted snowden also says it carried out the 2007 background information from alexis when he joined the military as a naval reservist. to the be another blow usis. and our last call is from shirley in atlanta, georg
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host: the question, what if other countries such as great britain or france participanted? host: jim, from murphys burrough, tennessee. you're on the independent line. caller: yes. president obama backed us into the corner by saying they crossed the red line with the chemical weapons, so now we have to. because if we don't, the north reans and hof by saying that crossed the red line it put us in position. we crossed it. i was stationed at the b.m.w. those people take as long as idiots there. so they are going to start slinging missiles to north and south korea because they can't ack it up. shannon: in the case of syria, fsm stand up. how is our allies going to look at it? we may not have our backing anymore. he said don't cross the line and they did. it's a proven fact that the regime is the one that the used the chemical weapons and killed 1,400-plus people, he had to. i know this -- host: the g.o.p. immigration on back burner. host: absent and unexpected reversal advocates of an overhaul are predicting action in 2014. will you anne up next from louisiana, republican line.
host: the question, what if other countries such as great britain or france participanted? host: jim, from murphys burrough, tennessee. you're on the independent line. caller: yes. president obama backed us into the corner by saying they crossed the red line with the chemical weapons, so now we have to. because if we don't, the north reans and hof by saying that crossed the red line it put us in position. we crossed it. i was stationed at the b.m.w. those people take as long as idiots there. so...